A new paradigm for being a conscious being here and now on beautiful Planet Earth. A cross between "synthesis", "renaissance", "cryogenics" and "benthic"..."a flowering of creativity that's extremely cool and very deep." And the name of a yahoo e-group I started in 2002, now with around 1800 members, mostly friends of mine. Cheers Jeff

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Recorded on the morning of 30 December 2013, near Pahoa, Hawaii, during a lull in the massive thunderstorm that has been passing through for the last 48 hours. For a while the thunder beings continued to speak, but no rain was falling, so I went with my flute out into the back yard here on the lower slopes of Mauna Loa and played for them.

The
Cloud Camera is an experimental high sensitivity camera mounted to the
catwalk of CFHT. The purpose of the camera is to take pictures of clouds
and other weather at night, even on moonless nights. It only operates
from sunset to sunrise.Because of its sensitivity, even very faint things in the sky can
appear very bright. The moon looks a lot like the sun and the planets
appear brighter than we are used to seeing them. Even a crescent moon is
so bright it saturates the image like the sun does to normal cameras.
You can usually tell the difference because when the moon rises you will
still see stars but when the sun rises all the stars disappear.Everything in the sky rises and sets at a different time each day.
The “Guides” tool annotates images and movies with approximations of
constellations (in red), the names of the five brightest stars in the
view (in white), and the planets plus our moon and the sun (in blue).
These positions are recalculated for each image to make sure the
positions are accurate.This camera is facing East towards Hilo and you can usually see the
lights of the city and the belt road through Hamakua along with boats
and barges on the ocean. You can also see inter-island and mainland
flights arriving and departing from Hilo airport.- See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii – An incredible image was captured over night on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea. The view is facing Hilo, and it shows last night’s unusual thunderstorm over the east side of the island.At one point, the lightning is seen occurring with such high frequency that is appears as a fixed light on the cloudcam, which takes a picture every 60 seconds and compiles time-lapse movies from those pictures. Thunder and lightning is rare over Hawaii Island, maybe happening only a handful of times each year.

The Cloud Camera is an experimental high sensitivity camera mounted to the catwalk of CFHT. The purpose of the camera is to take pictures of clouds and other weather at night, even on moonless nights. It only operates from sunset to sunrise.

Because of its sensitivity, even very faint things in the sky can appear very bright. The moon looks a lot like the sun and the planets appear brighter than we are used to seeing them. Even a crescent moon is so bright it saturates the image like the sun does to normal cameras. You can usually tell the difference because when the moon rises you will still see stars but when the sun rises all the stars disappear.

Everything in the sky rises and sets at a different time each day. The “Guides” tool annotates images and movies with approximations of constellations (in red), the names of the five brightest stars in the view (in white), and the planets plus our moon and the sun (in blue). These positions are recalculated for each image to make sure the positions are accurate.

This camera is facing East towards Hilo and you can usually see the lights of the city and the belt road through Hamakua along with boats and barges on the ocean. You can also see inter-island and mainland flights arriving and departing from Hilo airport.

There
is another show going on above the clouds atop Mauna Kea, as East
Hawaii is getting drenched below. A coating of fresh snow has returned
to the 13,000 foot summit. - See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

There is another show going on above the clouds atop Mauna Kea, as East Hawaii is getting drenched below. A coating of fresh snow has returned to the 13,000 foot summit.

The
Cloud Camera is an experimental high sensitivity camera mounted to the
catwalk of CFHT. The purpose of the camera is to take pictures of clouds
and other weather at night, even on moonless nights. It only operates
from sunset to sunrise.
Because of its sensitivity, even very faint things in the sky can
appear very bright. The moon looks a lot like the sun and the planets
appear brighter than we are used to seeing them. Even a crescent moon is
so bright it saturates the image like the sun does to normal cameras.
You can usually tell the difference because when the moon rises you will
still see stars but when the sun rises all the stars disappear.
Everything in the sky rises and sets at a different time each day.
The “Guides” tool annotates images and movies with approximations of
constellations (in red), the names of the five brightest stars in the
view (in white), and the planets plus our moon and the sun (in blue).
These positions are recalculated for each image to make sure the
positions are accurate.
This camera is facing East towards Hilo and you can usually see the
lights of the city and the belt road through Hamakua along with boats
and barges on the ocean. You can also see inter-island and mainland
flights arriving and departing from Hilo airport.
- See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii
– An incredible image was captured over night on
the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea. The view is facing
Hilo, and it shows last night’s unusual thunderstorm over the east side
of the island.
At one point, the lightning is seen occurring with such high
frequency that is appears as a fixed light on the cloudcam, which takes a
picture every 60 seconds and compiles time-lapse movies from those
pictures. Thunder and lightning is rare over Hawaii Island, maybe
happening only a handful of times each year.
From the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope:
- See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii
– An incredible image was captured over night on
the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea. The view is facing
Hilo, and it shows last night’s unusual thunderstorm over the east side
of the island.
At one point, the lightning is seen occurring with such high
frequency that is appears as a fixed light on the cloudcam, which takes a
picture every 60 seconds and compiles time-lapse movies from those
pictures. Thunder and lightning is rare over Hawaii Island, maybe
happening only a handful of times each year.
From the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope:
- See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii
– An incredible image was captured over night on
the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea. The view is facing
Hilo, and it shows last night’s unusual thunderstorm over the east side
of the island.
At one point, the lightning is seen occurring with such high
frequency that is appears as a fixed light on the cloudcam, which takes a
picture every 60 seconds and compiles time-lapse movies from those
pictures. Thunder and lightning is rare over Hawaii Island, maybe
happening only a handful of times each year.
From the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope:
- See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii
– An incredible image was captured over night on
the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea. The view is facing
Hilo, and it shows last night’s unusual thunderstorm over the east side
of the island.
At one point, the lightning is seen occurring with such high
frequency that is appears as a fixed light on the cloudcam, which takes a
picture every 60 seconds and compiles time-lapse movies from those
pictures. Thunder and lightning is rare over Hawaii Island, maybe
happening only a handful of times each year.
From the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope:
- See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii
– An incredible image was captured over night on
the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea. The view is facing
Hilo, and it shows last night’s unusual thunderstorm over the east side
of the island.
At one point, the lightning is seen occurring with such high
frequency that is appears as a fixed light on the cloudcam, which takes a
picture every 60 seconds and compiles time-lapse movies from those
pictures. Thunder and lightning is rare over Hawaii Island, maybe
happening only a handful of times each year.
From the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope:
- See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii
– An incredible image was captured over night on
the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea. The view is facing
Hilo, and it shows last night’s unusual thunderstorm over the east side
of the island.
At one point, the lightning is seen occurring with such high
frequency that is appears as a fixed light on the cloudcam, which takes a
picture every 60 seconds and compiles time-lapse movies from those
pictures. Thunder and lightning is rare over Hawaii Island, maybe
happening only a handful of times each year.
From the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope:
- See more at:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/12/30/video-lightning-explodes-over-hilo-hawaii-on-cloudcam/#sthash.C7MJEvHJ.dpuf

Ricky Maynard is an
internationally-known indigenous Australian photographer and activist.
Originally from northern Tasmania, he and his wife Anita were living on
Flinders Island, Tasmania when we did this interview in February of
2013. Soon thereafter, the Maynards moved to Clark Island where they are
working with indigenous youth who have been in trouble with 'white
civilization.' In these interviews we talk about many things, from what
it's like living on Flinders Island...regarded as 'the worst of the
worst' places in Australia from the perspective of the indigenous
people, from the days of 'terra nullius' to the not so distant past...to
Ricky's numerous international sojourns as artist-in-residence...to
various dimensions of photography and artistic creativity in general.

Ricky is very much a photographer of the 'old school', and in many ways could be thought of as the 'Ansel Adams of Australia.' He works almost exclusively in large format black-and white film photography, and his primary goal as photographer and artist is to tell the real story of his people, the indigenous people of Tasmania, who were subjected to the most brutal treatment of anyone in Australia. A big part of Ricky's story is dispelling the institutionalized myth that the indigenous people of Tasmania are extinct. They are, in fact, very much alive and well, despite what the 'powers that be' have tried to do for the last 200 years!